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The Opera Album 2011


	Release Date: 06/14/2011 Label: Decca Catalog #: 001566102 Spars Code: ADD Composer: Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Alfredo Catalani, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, George Frideric Handel, Gioachino Rossini, Camille Saint-Saëns, Antonín Dvorák, Charles Gounod, Gaetano Donizetti, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Léo Delibes, Christoph W. Gluck, Richard Wagner Performer: Bryn Terfel, Anna Netrebko, Andrea Bocelli, Jonas Kaufmann, Angela Gheorghiu, Dame Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau, Carlo Bergonzi, Tatiana Troyanos, Andreas Scholl, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals] Berganza, Ileana Cotrubas, Placido Domingo, Alfredo Giacomotti, Stefania Malagú, Bruno Grella, Walter Gullino, Giovanni Foiani, Marilyn Horne, Pilar Lorengar, José Carreras, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals] Kraus, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Renée Fleming, Leo Nucci, Rolando Villazón, Juan Diego Flórez, Magdalena Kozená, Edwige Parat, Claire Delgado-Boge, Hermann Prey, Montserrat Caballé, Jane Berbié, Mirella Freni, Ingvar Wixell, Renata Tebaldi, Joseph Calleja, Patricia Petibon, Birgit Nilsson, Cecilia Bartoli Conductor: Barry Wordsworth, Gianandrea Noseda, Zubin Mehta, Antonio Pappano, Sir Georg Solti, Richard Bonynge, Nello Santi, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Roger Norrington, Robin Stapleton, Claudio Abbado, Carlos Kleiber, Henry Lewis, Giuseppe Patané, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Charles Mackerras, John Mauceri, Daniele Callegari, Riccardo Frizza, Marc Minkowski, Silvio Varviso, Leone Magiera, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Carlo Rizzi, Daniel Harding, Christopher Hogwood Number of Discs: 2 Recorded in: Stereo Length: 2 Hours 37 Mins. Be the first to review this title	List Price: $19.98 CD $17.99 In Stock On sale!

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With a carefully chosen selection of perennially popular arias, duets and choruses, this enchanting collection creates the perfect introduction to opera. With 40 tracks and over 2˝ hours of music this collection is an outstanding value. This magnificent collection features the some of the greatest opera stars of all time, including Cecilia Bartoli, Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Andrea Bocelli and many more. It also includes legendary performances from some of the greatest artists of all time, including Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Plácido Domingo, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and José Carreras. It includes Pavarotti’s classic recording of the most popular opera aria of all, Puccini’s ‘Nessun dorma’.


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1.	Carmen: Act 2. Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (Toreador's Song) by Georges Bizet
	Performer: Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone) Conductor: Barry Wordsworth Period: Romantic Written: 1873-1874; France	Length: 3 Minutes 52 Secs.


2.	La Bohčme: Act 2. Quando me n'vň (Musetta's Waltz Song) by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Anna Netrebko () Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda Period: Romantic Written: 1896; Italy	Length: 2 Minutes 39 Secs.


3.	Tosca: E lucevan le stelle by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Andrea Bocelli () Conductor: Zubin Mehta Period: Romantic Written: 1900; Italy	Length: 3 Minutes 13 Secs.


4.	I Pagliacci: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba by Ruggero Leoncavallo
	Performer: Jonas Kaufmann () Conductor: Antonio Pappano Period: Romantic Written: 1892; Italy	Length: 3 Minutes 39 Secs.


5.	La Wally: Ebben?... Ne andrň lontana by Alfredo Catalani
	Performer: Angela Gheorghiu () Period: Romantic Written: 1892; Italy	Length: 3 Minutes 40 Secs.


6.	Il trovatore: Vedi! le fosche notturne "Anvil Chorus" by Giuseppe Verdi
	Conductor: Sir Georg Solti Period: Romantic Written: 1853; Italy	Length: 2 Minutes 47 Secs.


7.	Les contes d'Hoffmann: Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour by Jacques Offenbach
	Performer: Dame Joan Sutherland (), Huguette Tourangeau () Conductor: Richard Bonynge Period: Romantic Written: 1881; Paris, France	Length: 4 Minutes 12 Secs.


8.	Rigoletto: La donna č mobile by Giuseppe Verdi
	Performer: Carlo Bergonzi () Conductor: Nello Santi Period: Romantic Written: 1851; Italy	Length: 2 Minutes 23 Secs.


9.	Carmen: Act 1. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) by Georges Bizet
	Performer: Tatiana Troyanos () Conductor: Sir Georg Solti Period: Romantic Written: 1873-1874; France	Length: 4 Minutes 18 Secs.


10.	Madama Butterfly: Act 2. Humming Chorus by Giacomo Puccini
	Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli Period: Romantic Written: 1904	Length: 3 Minutes 7 Secs.


11.	Serse: Act 1. Ombra mai fu by George Frideric Handel
	Performer: Andreas Scholl () Conductor: Roger Norrington Period: Baroque Written: 1738	Length: 3 Minutes 4 Secs.


12.	Les Pęcheurs de perles: Act 1. Au fond du temple saint (The Pearl Fishers' Duet) by Georges Bizet
	Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (), Nicolai Ghiaurov () Conductor: Robin Stapleton Period: Romantic Written: 1863; France	Length: 6 Minutes 36 Secs.


13.	Il barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa...Io sono dolcile by Gioachino Rossini
	Performer: Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals] Berganza () Conductor: Claudio Abbado	Length: 5 Minutes 35 Secs.


14.	La traviata: Libiamo ne' lieti calici "Brindisi" by Giuseppe Verdi
	Performer: Ileana Cotrubas (), Placido Domingo (), Alfredo Giacomotti (), Stefania Malagú (), Bruno Grella (), Walter Gullino (), Giovanni Foiani () Conductor: Carlos Kleiber Period: Romantic Written: 1853; Italy	Length: 2 Minutes 58 Secs.


15.	Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Mon coeur s'ouvre ŕ ta voix by Camille Saint-Saëns
	Performer: Marilyn Horne () Conductor: Henry Lewis Period: Romantic Written: 1877; France	Length: 6 Minutes 30 Secs.


16.	Rusalka, Op 114/B 203: O moon high up "Song to the moon" by Antonín Dvorák
	Performer: Pilar Lorengar () Conductor: Giuseppe Patané Period: Romantic Written: 1900; Bohemia	Length: 6 Minutes 14 Secs.


17.	Il trovatore: Di quella pira by Giuseppe Verdi
	Performer: José Carreras () Conductor: Sir Colin Davis Period: Romantic Written: 1853; Italy	Length: 2 Minutes 0 Secs.


18.	La traviata: Ah, fors' č lui...Sempre libera by Giuseppe Verdi
	Performer: Alfredo [Tenor Vocals] Kraus (Tenor), Dame Kiri Te Kanawa () Conductor: Zubin Mehta Period: Romantic Written: 1853; Italy	Length: 4 Minutes 41 Secs.


19.	Turandot: Act 3. Nessum dorma by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Luciano Pavarotti () Conductor: Zubin Mehta Period: Romantic Written: 1926	Length: 2 Minutes 59 Secs.


20.	Roméo et Juliette: Act 1. Ah, je veux vivre by Charles Gounod
	Performer: Renée Fleming () Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras Period: Romantic Written: 1865-1871	Length: 3 Minutes 43 Secs.


21.	Carmen: Act 2. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (Flower Song) by Georges Bizet
	Conductor: Sir Georg Solti Period: Romantic Written: 1873-1874; France	Length: 3 Minutes 56 Secs.


22.	Tosca: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa () Conductor: Sir Georg Solti Period: Romantic Written: 1900; Italy	Length: 3 Minutes 21 Secs.


23.	Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum by Gioachino Rossini
	Performer: Leo Nucci () Conductor: Giuseppe Patané Period: Romantic Written: 1816; Italy	Length: 5 Minutes 3 Secs.


24.	La bohčme: Act 1. Sě. Mi chiamano Mimě by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Angela Gheorghiu () Conductor: John Mauceri Period: Romantic Written: 1896; Italy	Length: 4 Minutes 48 Secs.


25.	Rigoletto: Act 1. Questa o quella by Giuseppe Verdi
	Performer: Rolando Villazón () Conductor: Daniele Callegari Period: Romantic Written: 1851; Italy	Length: 1 Minutes 53 Secs.


26.	Faust: Act 4. Déposons les armes (Soldiers' Chorus) by Charles Gounod
	Conductor: Richard Bonynge Period: Romantic Written: 1856-1859; France	Length: 3 Minutes 17 Secs.


27.	L'elisir d'amore: Act 2. Una furtiva lagrima by Gaetano Donizetti
	Performer: Juan Diego Flórez () Conductor: Riccardo Frizza Period: Romantic Written: 1832; Italy	Length: 4 Minutes 43 Secs.


28.	Carmen: Act 2. Les tringles des sistres tintaient by Georges Bizet
	Performer: Magdalena Kozená (), Edwige Parat (), Claire Delgado-Boge () Conductor: Marc Minkowski Period: Romantic Written: 1873-1874; France	Length: 4 Minutes 13 Secs.


29.	Die Zauberflöte, K 620: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
	Performer: Hermann Prey (Bass Baritone) Conductor: Sir Georg Solti Period: Classical Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria	Length: 2 Minutes 58 Secs.


30.	Turandot: Act 1. Signore, ascolta by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Montserrat Caballé () Conductor: Zubin Mehta Period: Romantic Written: 1926	Length: 2 Minutes 44 Secs.


31.	Nabucco: Va, pensiero by Giuseppe Verdi
	Conductor: Silvio Varviso Period: Romantic Written: 1842; Italy	Length: 4 Minutes 7 Secs.


32.	Lakmé: Viens, Mallikŕ...Sous le dôme épais "Flower Duet" by Léo Delibes
	Performer: Jane Berbié (), Dame Joan Sutherland () Conductor: Richard Bonynge Period: Romantic Written: 1883; France	Length: 6 Minutes 5 Secs.


33.	Aida: Celeste Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
	Performer: Luciano Pavarotti () Conductor: Leone Magiera Period: Romantic Written: 1871; Italy	Length: 3 Minutes 33 Secs.


34.	Orfeo ed Euridice: Act 3. Che farň senza Euridice? by Christoph W. Gluck
	Performer: Andreas Scholl () Conductor: Roger Norrington Period: Classical	Length: 3 Minutes 41 Secs.


35.	Don Giovanni, K 527: Lŕ ci darem la mano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
	Performer: Mirella Freni (), Ingvar Wixell () Conductor: Sir Colin Davis Period: Classical Written: 1787	Length: 3 Minutes 6 Secs.


36.	La rondine: Act 1. Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (Doretta's Dream Song) by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Renata Tebaldi () Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis Period: Romantic Written: 1917; Italy	Length: 2 Minutes 44 Secs.


37.	La belle Hélčne: Au mont Ida trois déesses by Jacques Offenbach
	Performer: Joseph Calleja () Conductor: Carlo Rizzi Period: Romantic Written: 1864; Paris, France	Length: 3 Minutes 51 Secs.


38.	Die Zauberflöte, K 620: Der Hölle Rache by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
	Performer: Patricia Petibon () Conductor: Daniel Harding Period: Classical Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria	Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs.


39.	Tristan und Isolde: Act 3. Mild und leise wie er lächelt (Isolde's Liebestod) by Richard Wagner
	Performer: Birgit Nilsson () Conductor: Sir Georg Solti Period: Romantic Written: 1857-1859; Germany	Length: 7 Minutes 7 Secs.


40.	Rinaldo: Act 2. Lascia ch'io pianga by George Frideric Handel
	Performer: Cecilia Bartoli () Conductor: Christopher Hogwood Period: Baroque Written: 1711	Length: 4 Minutes 50 Secs.


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